The
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) between a British Fleet and a larger Spanish fleet resulted in a British victory.
John Jervis, the admiral in command of the British fleet became the 1st Earl of St Vincent.
Four ships and three
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
'Stone frigate' is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a ' sloop of war' to harass the French in ...
s of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''St Vincent'':
* was an 8-gun
fireship
A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the adv ...
captured from the French in 1692 and sold in 1698.
* was a 14-gun
sloop, previously the Spanish ship ''San Vicente''. She was captured in 1780 and was sold in 1783.
* was a 120-gun
first-rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at least ...
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...
launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a
training ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house class ...
from 1862, and sold in 1906.
* was a launched in 1908 and sold in 1921.
* was a boy/junior training establishment in
Gosport
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from 1927 to 1969.
*
HMS ''St. Vincent'' was the home of the Royal Navy section of the
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original ...
's London centre, between 1983 and 1992.
* was the Navy's communication centre in
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It ...
from 1992 to 1998. It then became known as 'MARCOMM COMCEN (St Vincent)'.
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Royal Navy ship names